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Masthead Logo Iowa State Daily, September 2018 Iowa State Daily, 2018 9-10-2018 Iowa State Daily (September 10, 2019) Iowa State Daily Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/iowastatedaily_2018-09 Recommended Citation Iowa State Daily, "Iowa State Daily (September 10, 2019)" (2018). Iowa State Daily, September 2018. 11. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/iowastatedaily_2018-09/11 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State Daily, 2018 at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Iowa State Daily, September 2018 by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890 09.10.2018 Vol. 219 No. 015 MONDAY IOWA STATE DAILY IOWA STATE FALLS TO IOWA Field positioning hurts Iowa State’s offense in its 13-3 loss at Iowa on Saturday. The Cyclones’ average starting field position was its own 22-yard line, while Iowa’s average start was its own 39-yard line. CY-HAWK pg6 ALUMNI Council to discuss research, economic development BY DEVYN.LEESON @iowastatedaily.com Research, economic development and infrastruc- ture: Ames City Council will take on multiple busi- ness related proposals at Tuesday’s meeting. The council is looking into a proposal for a ten- year lease on 53.03 acres of land along S. Riverside Drive west of the Ames Municipal Airport for COURTESY OF AMBER GUSTAFSON $236/acre/year, or $12,515 for the first year. The As a state chapter leader of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, Amber Gustafson advocated for gun laws. land would be beneficial for John Deere because it is near their Spray Lab and would allow for research opportunities. The lease specifies their spray equipment can be Looking to the future field tested on crops like corn and soybeans to be planted in the leased area. “The lease term begins on March 1, 2019 and goes Former Hixson scholar runs for Senate through Feb. 28, 2029,” according to city council documents. BY LINDSEY.SETTLE Ehlers signed Gustafson up for every social 3M wants to convert approximately 30,000 square @iowastatedaily.com program for which she was eligible. feet of space currently used as a warehouse for more Gustafson is a 1995 graduate of Orient- manufacturing purposes at their Ames plant. The It’s not by chance that a former Iowa State Macksburg School District. But despite her project is estimated to cost $30,185,400. Of the cost, Hixson scholar wants to take on the Senate strong work ethic, she had little means of $2,278,477 will come in the form of an assistance race. Her life experiences and time at Iowa affording a college education. package from the Iowa Economic Development State influenced her decision to run for office. It took a major financial gift to make her authority. Amber Gustafson, running for office as a dreams of attending college possible. The City of Ames will not have to provide any Democratic candidate for Iowa District 19, funds for the project but their sponsorship is nec- was awarded a Hixson Opportunity Award Hixson Opportunity Award essary for the project to move forward. Approval of in 1996 and hopes to return the favor of Gustafson was a recipient of a Hixson the project would create 16 jobs. attending college. Opportunity Award in 1996, which was the The Barilla plant in Ames has identified concerns With strong ties to Iowa, Gustafson was first year of the award’s existence. The award with constructing a sidewalk along Lincoln Way. The born in Leon in the 1980s. Both her parents provides 100 incoming undergraduates with missing infrastructure was required under a 2015 were Republicans, and her dad was a farmer. a half-tuition scholarship. The program is council decision, but uncertainty on future zoning However, her family lost their farm during made possible by Christina Hixson, who like laws and development of that section of Lincoln Way the Iowa farm crisis but in 1986 were able Gustafson’s mother, never earned a college has made Barilla hesitant to construct the sidewalk. to purchase a different farm in Orient, Iowa. degree and instead attended secretarial school. LINDSEY SETTLE/ IOWA STATE DAILY The changes must be completed to receive a build- Gustafson, a Democratic candidate, cam- At 13, Gustafon’s father passed away. According to the Hixson Opportunity paigning for a senate seat in Iowa District 19. ing permit. Barilla is requesting the requirement be While she had two older siblings, they were Awards website, Hixson said her motiva- deferred until decisions are finalized along Lincoln already out of the house. Gustafson and her tion for creating the program was because Way so any construction is not premature. mother, Janet Ehlers, relied on each othe and “for many of the great, great successes of the education,” Gustafson said. City council has two options outlined in agenda it was Gustafson’s mother who encouraged world, the background they came from was documents. Option one would be to create a three- her to eventually pursue a degree. their great challenge.” Mentors year deferral on the infrastructure while the Lincoln Ehlers, whose education extended only as Hixson’s gift made it possible for Gustafson And Hixson was just one of multiple men- Way improvements persist and option two would far as secretarial school, wanted more for her to attend Iowa State. tors to leave a mark on Gustafson’s life. have Barilla provide the funds for this and future daughter. Unfortunately, those dreams were When Gustafson was a student, she never During her time at Iowa State, Gustafson infrastructure projects. The city would take on the far off because of their financial strain. Besides believed she would run for office. She said she formed close bonds with a woman by the responsibilities of contracting the work and making their farm, the family had no assets. lacked female role models in politics at the name of Barbara Mack. a timeframe for its completion. Ehlers told Gustafson to “Stick to it. Get time. However, Gustafson said it was Hixson As Gustafson’s adviser and a professor City council staff recommends a combination of your degree. No one can take it away from who inspired her to run. at the Greenlee School of Journalism and both options. you.” Recently, Gustafson called Hixson to tell Communication, Mack was always looking “Staff believes city council should consider ini- “We had nothing saved for college, nothing her she was in the Senate race. Still sharp as for people to invest in. tiating a change that would allow for both deferral to live off of,” Gustafson said. a tack and in her 90s, Hixson wasn’t all too “She was six feet two inches and 225 options explained above, as they could address dif- Despite her challenges growing up, impressed. pounds of pure sass. She was amazing,” ferent circumstances that may arise in the future,” Gustafson said her mother was a “steel mag- “[Hixson] doesn’t really have time for pol- according to city council documents. gUSTAFSON pg4 nolia,” or a woman with the strength of steel. iticians. 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